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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was John Quincey Adams generally unhappy?
(a) He never traveled abroad.
(b) He never felt he had accomplished enough.
(c) He never married his childhood sweetheart.
(d) He never couold live up to his mother's expectations.

2. What is a constant that an elected official must understand?
(a) He or she is under scrutiny by the constituency.
(b) The media will not report anything the elected official does not want made public.
(c) He or she will never hear from the constituency until election day.
(d) That once elected, the official is no longer responsible to the constituency.

3. What is the first pressure of Americans that keeps them from acting courageously according to Kennedy?
(a) The need to be right all the time.
(b) The need to be well liked.
(c) The need to be different from other politicians.
(d) The need to raise campaign money.

4. What advantage do minority special interest groups have to influence elected officials?
(a) Being able to get medial coverage without a budget.
(b) Not needing money to get their message across.
(c) Being watchdogs on everything the official does.
(d) Being articulate and able to sway the public.

5. What is another difficult situation for an elected official besides the interests of the nation and those of the constituency?
(a) Party pressure to vote the party line.
(b) National opinion polls.
(c) Presidential arm twisting.
(d) Political differences within the official's own family.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did one reporter categorize elected officials?

2. What is a particular problem on occasion when the electorate presents a desire to the elected official?

3. What does Kennedy identify as the second pressure that prevents courageous deeds by elected officials.

4. For what prestigious university did Adams once work as a professor?

5. Who said that courage is grace under pressure?

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